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Caitlin Hodges, Soil Scientist

@kanhapludult.bsky.social
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🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🇵🇸🍉 critical zone biogeochemist, reader, cyclist, animal lover, environmentalist and also somehow obsessed with F1

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Caitlin Hodges, Soil Scientist @kanhapludult.bsky.social · 17/08/2025
In all scientists is a crappy little writing elf waiting to be unleashed for a first draft. Mine is nocturnal and works best between 9pm and 2am
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Eos @eos.org · 06/08/2025
How do you take your nitrogen? In Arctic rivers, the answer is, increasingly, “organic.” New #AGUPubs research from @nyutandon.bsky.social, @carnegiescience.bsky.social
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Arctic Rivers Trade Inorganic Nitrogen for Organic - Eos
Climate change is shifting the makeup of a key nutrient in rivers across Russia, Alaska, and Canada, with the potential for ecosystem-wide impacts.
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Caitlin Hodges, Soil Scientist @kanhapludult.bsky.social · 31/07/2025
A beautiful silvery checkerspot butterfly hanging out in my garden today! Earlier in the season there were a ton of checkerspot caterpillars chowing down on my Maximillian sunflowers (a preferred host plant for the checkerspots).The joys of a native garden! 🌻
A silvery checkerspot butterfly relaxing on a Maximillian sunflower leafSome checkerspot caterpillars munching on a Maximillian sunflower leaf in May
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Caitlin Hodges, Soil Scientist @kanhapludult.bsky.social · 23/07/2025
A soil scientist’s day at the beach
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Caitlin Hodges, Soil Scientist @kanhapludult.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
I’m excited to share this publication, based on the research of my first MS student, Jacob Clements! He conducted a very fun experiment that examined the effect of different soil moisture and wetting patterns on nitrate and phosphate biogeochemistry in riparian soils urldefense.com/v3/__https:/...
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Caitlin Hodges, Soil Scientist @kanhapludult.bsky.social · 22/06/2025
What the Grapes of Wrath… drove through a little dust storm this week in southwest OK. I’m perpetually shocked that there are still land managers in OK that allow fallow land to sit uncovered and unvegetated for a growing season.
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Caitlin Hodges, Soil Scientist @kanhapludult.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
This past month we built 24 rainfall exclusion shelters for our USDA-funded project to study the effects of drought, fertilizer, and hay harvest on soil biogeochemistry and plant community composition! I’m super proud of the team for the hard work!
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Caitlin Hodges, Soil Scientist @kanhapludult.bsky.social · 01/06/2025
What a delightful and wild race to attend for the first time in person!
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Caitlin Hodges, Soil Scientist @kanhapludult.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
New publication out on the transformation of ferrihydrite in salty systems, with implications for our understanding of iron oxides on Mars! In @agu.org JGR Planets onlinelibrary.wiley.com/share/author...
Screenshot of abstract and plain language summary of the manuscript
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Mark A. Anthony @anthomycota.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
Lower survival rate among trainees in labs with highly productive mentors raises important concerns about what we value in academia. Many interesting things to stew over with this paper! www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Academic mentees thrive in big groups, but survive in small groups - Nature Human Behaviour
Using longitudinal genealogical data on mentor–mentee relations and their publications, the authors find that mentees trained in larger groups tend to exhibit superior academic performance compared wi...
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Katharine Hayhoe @katharinehayhoe.com · 17/03/2025
Even just looking at images of nature changes our brain and can reduce physical pain, a new study by @maxsteininger.bsky.social and colleagues finds!
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Nature exposure induces analgesic effects by acting on nociception-related neural processing - Nature Communications
Virtual nature exposure reduces self-reported pain and is associated with decreased brain responses linked to somatosensory and nociceptive processing, providing new insights into the underlying mecha...
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
I think about this map a lot. www.bloomberg.com/graphics/201...
This is a cartogram map of the United States depicting land use by different categories. The map distorts state shapes to represent proportional land usage. Key land use types include cow pasture/range (covering much of the central U.S.), private and federal timberland in the Pacific Northwest, corporate timberland in the Southeast, and urban housing/commercial areas in the Northeast. Other categories include agriculture (livestock feed, wheat exports, ethanol/biodiesel, cotton), protected lands (national parks, federal wilderness, state parks), and infrastructure (railroads, airports, highways). Additional specialized land uses include wildfires, golf courses, Christmas tree farms, and maple syrup production.
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Debjani Sihi @dsihi.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
We are looking for two postdocs for a synthesis project focused on soil carbon dynamics and warming experiments. If you are excited about applying ML and process-based models to synthesize mechanisms of temperature sensitivity of soil respiration, please apply! lnkd.in/dV2wuGSe lnkd.in/diZiM9HV
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LinkedIn
This link will take you to a page that’s not on LinkedIn
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Dr. Robin Tanamachi 🌪️ @tornatrix.bsky.social · 09/02/2025
“Why do I need NOAA? I’ve got a weather app.” Is equivalent to asking “Why do I need farms? I can go to the supermarket.” www.noaa.gov/about-our-ag...
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About our agency
NOAA is an agency that enriches life through science. Our reach goes from the surface of the sun to the depths of the ocean floor as we work to keep the public informed of the changing environment aro...
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Shannon Stirone @shannonstirone.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
I wrote about NASA, its people and the mission to connect us. slate.com/technology/2...
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There Is Basically One Point to Space Exploration. Right Now, We’re Missing It.
Efforts to scrub DEI from NASA's websites get it all wrong.
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John Paul Helveston @jhelvy.bsky.social · 26/01/2025
We R so back #Rstats
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The Race @wearetherace.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
Hang this in the Louvre 🔴
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Mike Brown @plutokiller.com · 17/01/2025
Just had a sample of the Eaton Fire ash that is in my driveway run on the department XRF. Is there titanium (new house paint)? Yup. Lead (old house paint)? You betcha. Heavy metals? Check. Treat that ash like it's toxic folks (because it is)
A computer screen with a display showing output from an xray diffraction spectrometer. Close up view showing fraction of metals. Fun stuff.
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Caitlin Hodges, Soil Scientist @kanhapludult.bsky.social · 16/01/2025
Beautiful day of fieldwork on the plains! We are setting up rainfall exclusion by nutrient addition plots to understand soil inorganic carbon cycling in response to land use intensification and climate change.
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Geoderma - the global #OA journal of soil science @geoderma.bsky.social · 09/01/2025
New in Geoderma: "Soil carbon concentration drives anoxic microsites across horizons, textures, and aggregate position in a California grassland" by Emily M Lacroix, Anna Gomes, Alexander S Honeyman, Katie R Huy [...] Meret Aeppli. buff.ly/40aIT2B @Stanford @unil @SLAClab @EPFLEngineering
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Stephen Nehrenz @stephennehrenz.bsky.social · 18/12/2024
Some very sad news. Dr. Moore's impact in the meteorological community stretched far and wide. Condolences to Dr. Moore's family and his weather colleagues at OU.
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A Message from President Harroz – Mourning the Loss of Dean Berrien Moore III
It is with deep sadness that we share the passing this morning of Dr. Berrien Moore III, an internationally recognized leader in Earth science and an invaluable member of our university family. With a...
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Caitlin Hodges, Soil Scientist @kanhapludult.bsky.social · 13/12/2024
Tiffany Legg, PhD candidate in the OK Critical Zone Biogeochemistry Lab, came up with this masterpiece while in a fieldwork planning meeting yesterday.
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Joe Mason @moreorloess.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
Not sure where to start with this. Many of the dunefields on the semiarid margin in northern China were increasingly stabilized by vegetation from the late 90s onward (evident from remote sensing and ground observations). In part because of a decline in strong sand-driving winds, along with ...
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Richard Waite @waiterich.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
I’m old enough to remember that in 2015, a detailed report by many scientists found that a dietary pattern higher in plants & lower in animal-based foods was better for both health & sustainability in the US. USDA/HHS argued at the time that sustainability was “out of scope” of dietary guidelines.
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U.S. dietary guidelines should emphasize beans and lentils as protein, proposal says
The report, from an advisory committee to the USDA, also suggests encouraging people to reduce their intake of sugary drinks and sodium and eat more whole grains.
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Brad Johnson @climatebrad.hillheat.com · 11/12/2024
An entire bank of posters on finding orphan oil and gas wells
Poster after poster on finding abandoned wells Finding abandoned wells with drones Finding abandoned wells with lidar
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Caitlin Hodges, Soil Scientist @kanhapludult.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
I can almost hear the judgement of my languishing datasets as I buckle down to write a review paper over the holiday
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Lauren Gifford 🌱🌎🌲 @laurengifford.bsky.social · 09/12/2024
If you're at #AGU2024 check out all the groundbreaking science from CSU's Soil Carbon Solutions Center affiliates. Our team is sharing the latest science on models and data for regenerative land management and soil health, carbon and nutrient dynamics, greenhouse gas MRV, and so much more.
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Caitlin Hodges, Soil Scientist @kanhapludult.bsky.social · 09/12/2024
I am not at #AGU24, but my graduate student, Dani Storms, is in DC representing the Oklahoma Critical Zone Biogeochemistry lab group! Check out her poster this afternoon.
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Jonny Long @jonnylong.bsky.social · 06/12/2024
🧵 On the day Remco Evenepoel was knocked off his bike by a postal worker and broke multiple bones, the Belgian Postal Group's stock price dropped 2% to a new all-time low... 📉 @escapecollective.bsky.social
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Caitlin Hodges, Soil Scientist @kanhapludult.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
Happy world soils day! To celebrate, take a look at this soil profile that lives in my brain rent-free. It is an alluvial soil that has interacted with sulfide- and methane-rich, anoxic groundwater. These interactions have resulted in a lot of cool mineral transformations (and pretty colors)
2-meter soil profile consisting of windblown sediment atop alluvium that has interacted with sulfide rich groundwater, resulting in a lot of weird mineral transformations
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Altmetric @altmetric.com · 03/12/2024
BLUESKY MEGA-THREAD Altmetric is thrilled and also LITERALLY RELIEVED to officially announce: We are now tracking research attention as it happens on Bluesky! We have been picking up posts on the site since late Oct. Our team is on Bluesky all day answering questions. Let's get into it!
Blueksy Mentions are now in Altmetric.

It's been 84 years meme

#AcademicSky #HigherEd #MedSky #HMSky #Altmetrics #Medlibs #Metascience
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Dr. Joseph Amsili @drsoiljoe.bsky.social · 02/12/2024
Hot off the press - New paper assessing the utility of SOC/clay in northeast North America. We found that SOC/clay is too clay biased and that SOC/SOCexpected in pasture systems is much more appropriate tool to assess SOC levels in temperate North America. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Soil organic carbon to clay ratio in different pedoclimatic and agronomic conditions in northeastern North America
Soil organic carbon levels are strongly influenced by pedoclimatic and agronomic environments; hence, establishing universal threshold values for SOC …
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Christian Hewgill @christianhewgill.bsky.social · 01/12/2024
I’m told the mood within the FIA is reflective #F1 #QatarGP
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Katharine Hayhoe @katharinehayhoe.com · 29/11/2024
Nearly 60% of people live in cities, and 70% of the world's GHG emissions come from urban areas - so I'm delighted to co-curate a new starter pack with urban planner + smart city advocate @brenttoderian.bsky.social! It's full of people & organizations at the nexus of cities and climate action. ⬇️
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Caitlin Hodges, Soil Scientist @kanhapludult.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
Always love the Pitbull jump scare outside of the restrooms by my office, courtesy of the department’s graduate students. Especially fun on days when nearly no one is on campus 😅
Poster of Pitbull peaking out of an office window.
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John Hollinger @johnhollinger.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
Hawks fans chanting "the Earth is round" as Kyrie Irving goes to the line
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Dr. Jennifer Pett-Ridge @jeffinerca.bsky.social · 23/11/2024
Buried paleosols hold a LOT of #Carbon. What happens when they are exposed? McMurtry et al. show “paleosols defy expectations of C content and reactivity” Getting to the root of the problem: Soil carbon and microbial response... www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Getting to the root of the problem: Soil carbon and microbial responses to root inputs within a buried paleosol along an eroding hillslope in southwestern Nebraska, USA
Large quantities of soil carbon (C) can persist within paleosols for millennia due to burial and subsequent isolation from plant-derived inputs, atmos…
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Star dust @reinhart-kurt.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
"People working in soil carbon credit markets are aware of the [model] limitations..." But techbros would never game carbon models & fabricate carbon credits. Farmers are being paid millions to trap carbon in their soils. Will it actually help the planet? | Science | AAAS buff.ly/3YdazT3
Illustration of a backwards horse & carriage. Symbolizes carbon credits industry is ahead of the science on natural climate solutions.
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Brian Klaas @brianklaas.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
If you want to learn what you think about something, write about it. Here’s how I do it, produced in the hope that some of my thoughts about writing are interesting or useful to someone out there. www.forkingpaths.co/p/how-i-write
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How I Write
If you want to learn what you think about something, write about it. Here's how I do it.
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Caitlin Hodges, Soil Scientist @kanhapludult.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
My sister makes the coolest jewelry around! Check out her newest collection of magical rings 🧚‍♀️🦄🔮
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Caitlin Hodges, Soil Scientist @kanhapludult.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
And a shot of ecology 😎
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Caitlin Hodges, Soil Scientist @kanhapludult.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
Recent publication from my lab group about community engaged urban soil science! Especially important to consider as the new Artesol soil order gains recognition. acsess.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/share/PZZKVZ...
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Martin A. Nuñez @martin-nunez.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
One-page letter of intent for a grant proposal
tThis image shows the facade of a building that appears incomplete or partially demolished. The structure consists of three stories, with each level featuring balconies enclosed by metal railings. However, the facade is a standalone structure without any visible back or side walls, giving it the appearance of being hollow or unfinished.

The top floor has a rooftop area, and the bottom floor features a garage door and a separate entry door. The absence of the rear section makes it clear that this is either a partially built or partially demolished structure. The setting includes a street with nearby buildings and vehicles, emphasizing the strikingly incomplete appearance of the building's back part. all in all, the full building is just the facade of it.
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Caitlin Hodges, Soil Scientist @kanhapludult.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
I draft all of my introductions for manuscripts and proposals on paper first! My trusty notebook is much less judgmental than a blank screen 😳 #academicsky
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Caitlin Hodges, Soil Scientist @kanhapludult.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
The Hodges Lab were awesome presenting their work to our peers at the Soil Science Society of America this past week! 🔬🧪🌱
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